Mâneh — H4488

Definition

masculine noun

properly, a fixed weight or measured amount, i.e. (techn.) a maneh or mina

1. maneh, mina, pound
1. 60 shekels and 1/50 talent (of silver)
1. 1/60 talent in early Babylonian standard
2. 100 shekels and 1/100 talent (of gold)

Usually translated as

pound, maneh

Origin

from H4487

• Derived from Mânâh (H4487)

Greek equivalents

• mnâ (G3414)

Occurrences

Mâneh occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (1), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (2), Ezekiel (1)

• 1 Kings 10:17 — And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound (מָנִים֙) of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
• Ezra 2:69 — They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound (מָנִ֖ים) of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.
• Nehemiah 7:71 — And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound (מָנִ֖ים) of silver.
• Nehemiah 7:72 — And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound (מָנִ֣ים) of silver, and threescore and seven priests’ garments.
• Ezekiel 45:12 — And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your (הַמָּנֶ֖ה) maneh.